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| 2015 Acura TLX 2.4L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 19UUB1F33F Grab some coffee this might take some time. This Acura was towed into the shop from three states over after being at an Acura dealer. The car developed a cylinder three misfire while out on a trip. The dealer diagnosed it as a bad fuel injector. The fuel i... Trouble codes: P0303 |
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| 2011 BMW M3 4.0L Electronic VIN: WBSDX9C55B BMW tech, please help on this bad boy here. This M3 has a SMG Trans. Customer concern steering paddle shifter inop when headlight on. Floor shifter always work fine. Verify paddle shifter will stop working when headlight switch in position 1 or 2. Unplug b... |
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| 2000 Cadillac DeVille 4.6L Engine VIN: 1G6KD54Y4Y Customer had engine overheat so he replaced water pump and belt. Then drove the car 10 miles and overheated again. He put in a new radiator drove 10 miles and overheated again. He removed the thermostat and drove 10 miles and overheated, he went to autozon... |
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| 2014 Chevrolet Spark LT 1.2L No Start VIN: KL8CD6S98E Customer towed car to the shop after replacing transmission, prior to the job the vehicle could start and run. Customer replaced new transmission from the dealer. Now the vehicle cranks and doesn't run. Checked and can hear backfiring. Tested for fuel pres... |
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| 2017 Chevrolet Equinox LS 2.4L duct temperature VIN: 2GNALBEK8H customer arrived stating that ac duct temperature would change from cold a/c to hot air all by itself. it only happens very intermittantly. i could not duplicate this and returned it to customer, and told them to come to the shop when this was happening... |
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| 2004 Ford F-150 Heritage XL 5.4L No Start VIN: 2FDPF17M14 Vehicle die while driving customer say spark plug blew out and start missing and die, after they fixed tread/insert truck wouldnt start again another shop work on this truck and replaced pcm couple times,original pcm not available anymore , brougt to us fo... |
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| 2016 Ford Edge Sport 2.7L Sprocket VIN: 2FMPK4AP3G Question for Ford techs.This Edge came in on a hook not running. We felt it had jumped timing. After removal of the cover we discovered that the outer crank sprocket was broken into 5 pieces, Did leak down to insure no bent valves, passed leak down test. (... |
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| 2015 GMC Sierra 3500 HD 6.6L Hesitation, Turbo learn issue VIN: 1GT321E80F Thanks for taking the time to help. This vehicle came in not running due to a high pressure pump failure that resulted in fuel system contamination. During teardown, we found the turbo impeller shaft to have excessive play, so we replaced that during the r... |
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| 2013 Honda CR-V EX-L 2.4L Misfire VIN: 5J6RM4H70D This Cr-v misfires when hot. If it sits for a couple minutes it won't misfire on startup but will start misfiring after a couple miles of driving. Cylinder 1 misfires the most but they all do some. I swapped the cylinder 1 and cylinder 3 coils for kicks bu... Trouble codes: P0301, P0301, P0301, P0301, P0301 |
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| 2007 Mercedes-Benz SL550 5.5L battery VIN: WDBSK71F77 Red battery light is on, tested starter battery it was ok, main battery in trunk was close to dead so i replaced it with a agm battery, i tried to clear the codes but the bns power supply control module wont clear and code b1833 (component g1 vehicle elect... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2006 Chrysler 300 2.7L No Communication VIN: 2C3KA43R36 It is FIXED!!! Phil hit the nail on the head. Replaced the front control module with a used one because new and rebuilt are not available. Numbers matching and it ran all the readiness monitors and it passed the smog test. Thank you all for your replies and as... |
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| 2012 Ford Transit Connect XLT 2.0L Turn signals VIN: NM0LS7BN8C I found an old trailer wiring module and harness still tied in the system. Apparently the flat 4 connector was cut off and tucked up behind the bumper. Anyway after I disconnected it from the vehicle the turn signals returned to normal flashing. Thanks for the... |
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| 2013 Ford F-150 FX4 3.5L Poor Idle Quality, MIL Lamp on, VIN: 1FTFW1ET8D Thank you for all the replies. I replaced the bank 2 VVT solenoids with new Ford replacements, along with the valve cover/seals, and cleared codes. While the valve cover was off, I inspected as much of the timing chains and cam sprockets as possible. I found n... Trouble codes: P0023 (Exhaust Camshaft Position Actuator Circuit/Open Bank 2), P0299 (Turbocharger/Supercharger A Underboost Condition PENDING CODE). |
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| 2018 GMC Yukon XL Denali 6.2L No Start VIN: 1GKS1HKJ3J Boy, what a ride! The vehicle acted up at the shop. No start, battery cables & voltages were good. Not a lot of info provided by the scanner.I "massaged" the fuel pump prime relay back and forth and heard some noise that sounded like the throttle body clicking... Trouble codes: P0700 (Ecm), P129D, P0708 (Tcm), P2805 (Tcm), P2535 (Tcm), U0402. |
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| 2018 Lincoln MKX Black Label 2.7L MIL Lamp on As always, thanks to any and all who chimed in. Had to call this customer back as she had the smog inspection performed elsewhere hence the reason we didn't hear back from her. Either way, please keep in mind that we performed the same test twice on the purg... Trouble codes: P014C. |
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| 2016 Porsche Macan S 3.0L Driveshaft VIN: WP1AB2A59G We ended retorqueing the yoke real tight and test drove the car, the noise is all gone! There were no torque specs for the input shaft of the Diff. we followed the messages within this post. Thank you for all of the helpful input. |
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